Meeting with Erdington Arts Forum

We arranged to meet up with Simon and Ev from Erdington Arts Forum. Nothing formal, just a coffee and a chat about what our plans were and how we could work with the Art Forum to generate a little publicity and some support. The meeting was great. They had lots of ideas for contacts and they were a fountain of knowledge when it came to Erdington centre. They really liked the idea and planned to come along to the event as well as support us by writing about us on their blog site.
Nicola had the 1st batch of poster printed today to put around Erdington, in shop fronts and such. Alicja posted a poster of the event in a Polish run food shop. The owners found the idea of the installation very interesting and wanted to be informed of any other events like this one in the future.


Later that day we went back to the university to practice with all the indeed text Alicja wanted to use on the day of the project. We only spent about an hour on it. But it was again good practice to set up and get going (minus the generator).

Test shoot for POLSKI 24th of Nov (PM)

We had a test run on the 24th of November at Fay's. Alicja, myself, Fay, Kate and Bec (photographer) were all present and freezing cold!
Initially it was to see that the all the equipment worked together. The generator, laptop and projector. Then to test run the projection itself. To test whether it worked and was visible on people in the dark. I think it actually look great, it was a good idea to have a variation of size and direction with projected text. The effect to witness captured your attention, without a doubt. To actually have the text projected onto you was a weird feeling. It made you feel a little like you were accommodating something living. See what you think. Obviously the imagery has been treated to get in all the action, but its suits!

The designs re-visited!

Ha, they have been updated! The A6 flyers and the A3 posters in both English and Polish.
All present and correct.

Poster and Flyer Design

Ok, these are the finalA6 flyers and A3 poster designs, in both English and Polish.

Marketing designs updated

Here are the complete and final designs for the marketing of the project.
An A3 poster, an A6 flyer and an A5 leaflet. All the designs will be double sided. One side in English, the other in Polish. Have look and please leave comments.

Press release for 'POLSKI' event

For immediate release: A Polish Projection

Polish artist Alicia Rogalska brings her text based projection project, POLSKI to Erdington High Street on Friday the 14th December from 4pm till 6pm.

Shoppers and members of the public will be invited to become part of Alicja’s artwork. Words and phrases will be projected onto them as they pass in front of the projector.

“It’s a chance for people to realise how it feels to be labelled as something, whether they like it or not,” explains Alicja, “Britain is so diverse today that if labels were put on everyone the task would be never ending”

It’s the same old story with a new lead character. Britain and in particular Birmingham is so ethnically diverse we can really call it a ‘global’ city. With the young people of the city today being, third, fourth or even fifth generation migrants we are inheriting a rich culture on a global scale.”

The work follows closely on the heels of Ikon’s recent activity in Erdington town centre and recognises the potential and changing face of the area.

Alicja Rogalska is a participatory artist from Poland, currently based in Birmingham. She is interested in putting art in informal places and creating opportunities for members of the public to engage with her work.

The project is a continuation of her work with Galleri 54 in Gothenburg, Sweden which examines the experiences of immigrants to the country. Her work investigates notions of cultural identity and social perception.

New Marketing Designs

New designs by Ben Scarborough

After a meeting and discussion on our plans, the group concluded that the proposed marketing designs needed changes. The feeling was that the images painted a military style, rather than symbolism of travel and migration.
So these new images are more a consideration of the Polish national colours within a European, 'Brockman' style design

Marketing Designs

Here are a few ideas for posters and marketing for the event. Initial thoughts would be nice!
The design are provided by Ben Scarborough. (for free!) Which is ace, as we have no budget for this event.


The ideas for the design are -
To use plain clear font. Catchy headline for the name of the event. In this case we have gone for 100,000 Poles, as in initial and proposed idea generation.
Symbolism to consider within the design would be the suggestion of travel/migration, maps of the countries and colours of the flags, for both or either countries.